FC31 : Virtual Machine Manager creates unsupported config - users - Fedora mailing-lists

14 Apr 2020


      I'm trying to create a small virtual guest for debian using Virtual 
Machine Manager. I accept all the defaults, but:
Unable to complete install: 'unsupported configuration: 'directory' 
storage format is not directly supported by QEMU, use 'dir' disk type 
instead'
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 75, in 
cb_wrapper
     callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 2089, in 
_do_async_install
     guest.installer_instance.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 
544, in start_install
     doboot, transient)
   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 
491, in _create_guest
     domain = self.conn.createXML(install_xml or final_xml, 0)
   File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 3915, in 
createXML
     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed', 
conn=self)
libvirt.libvirtError: unsupported configuration: 'directory' storage 
format is not directly supported by QEMU, use 'dir' disk type instead
The virt io tab shows storage format as "dir". I can't figure out the 
location of the actual xml file that VMM creates. Sigh.
Any help appreciated.
sean